Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Imagine speaking a language that only you and one other person were able to speak? Well for the main figures of this video, Aurẽ and Aurá, that was their reality. These two men were found by the side of the road one day, speaking a tongue no one had ever heard of before. This is their story.
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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Langauges By Extinction: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_time_of_extinction
Aurê–Aurá Language: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aur%C3%AA%E2%80%93Aur%C3%A1_language
Finding The Lost Tribesman: skeptoid.com/episodes/893
Aura Indian Language: native-languages.org/aura.htm
Sertanista: encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sertanista
Aure and Aurá Only Talk To Each Other: web.archive.org/web/20160324225300/http://treinamento.folhasp.com.br/linguasdobrasil/lingua-aureaura.html
People Of The Amazon: responsibletravel.com/holidays/amazon/travel-guide/people
Aurá Obituary: g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2025/09/25/morre-aos-77-anos-aura-considerado-ultimo-sobrevivente-de-povo-indigena-do-maranhao.ghtml
Norval Oliveira Da Silva’s Report: acervo.socioambiental.org/index.php/acervo/documentos/relatorio-de-pesquisa-linguistica-e-antropologica-com-dois-indios-remanescentes
The Auré/Aurá Question: acervo.socioambiental.org/acervo/documentos/questao-aure-aura
Imagine speaking a language that only you and one other person were able to speak? Well for the main figures of this video, Aurẽ and Aurá, that was their reality. These two men were found by the side of the road one day, speaking a tongue no one had ever heard of before. This is their story.
PATREON: patreon.com/c/nameexplain
BOOKS: https://shorturl.at/ggCYL
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/nameexplainyt
BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/nameexplain.bsky.social
REDDIT: reddit.com/r/NameExplain
FACEBOOK GROUP: facebook.com/groups/248812236869988
MERCH: name-explain.creator-spring.com
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Langauges By Extinction: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_time_of_extinction
Aurê–Aurá Language: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aur%C3%AA%E2%80%93Aur%C3%A1_language
Finding The Lost Tribesman: skeptoid.com/episodes/893
Aura Indian Language: native-languages.org/aura.htm
Sertanista: encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sertanista
Aure and Aurá Only Talk To Each Other: web.archive.org/web/20160324225300/http://treinamento.folhasp.com.br/linguasdobrasil/lingua-aureaura.html
People Of The Amazon: responsibletravel.com/holidays/amazon/travel-guide/people
Aurá Obituary: g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2025/09/25/morre-aos-77-anos-aura-considerado-ultimo-sobrevivente-de-povo-indigena-do-maranhao.ghtml
Norval Oliveira Da Silva’s Report: acervo.socioambiental.org/index.php/acervo/documentos/relatorio-de-pesquisa-linguistica-e-antropologica-com-dois-indios-remanescentes
The Auré/Aurá Question: acervo.socioambiental.org/acervo/documentos/questao-aure-aura
